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DHS is exercising its authority under state law and waiving mandatory direct contact supervision requirements for certain new hires while their fingerprint-based background studies are being processed. The authority is granted under Laws of Minnesota 2022, chapter 40, section 3, as permitted under federal law and regulation. DHS retains the authority to order supervision when required based on case-by-case decisions.
Temporary change to supervision requirements
Certain entities may allow a new hire to work without direct contact supervision during the time period immediately after the entity submits a study request for a person and until the background study is completed or a notice stating more time is needed to complete the study is received from DHS. The waiver remains in effect until June 30, 2022.
NETStudy 2.0 instructions
For individuals eligible for the supervision waiver, NETStudy 2.0 may show “yes” under the supervision required status column. Entities may disregard this status for new hires who do not have a clearance and follow instructions given in the notice from DHS, which indicates more time is needed to complete the study.
The waiver does not apply to new hires for the following entities
Entities who have federal requirements related to supervision for specific programs or programs where state law prohibits working while a study is in process, are ineligible for this waiver. The list is provided below.
- Child care settings
- Children's residential facilities (Title IV-E and non Title IV-E settings)
- Corporate child foster care/foster residence settings (Title IV-E and non Title IV-E settings)
- Specialized transportation
- Housing support
- Personal care provider organizations
- Individual cases where DHS requires supervision.
Thank you for you continued commitment to serving Minnesotans.
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